Will Russia Invade Ukraine?
Over recent weeks, some 100,000 Russian troops have massed on the Ukrainian border -- for the second time this year. Ukrainian officials warn of a potential Russian invasion; Western leaders warn of s...
3 Joulu 202137min
Western Policy and Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Devastation
Afghanistan is on the brink of becoming the world’s worst humanitarian emergency. Western governments responded to the Taliban takeover in August by suspending aid, freezing state assets and imposing ...
26 Marras 202150min
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte: Populist or Peacemaker?
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s term ends next June. Abroad, Duterte is arguably best known for a brutal anti-drug campaign which has killed thousands of people, prompting the International Cr...
19 Marras 202138min
Bosnia Unravelling?
Bosnia faces what the current international High Representative to the country, Christian Schmidt, calls “its greatest existential threat of the post-war period”. It is grappling with dual crises that...
12 Marras 202133min
Will Tigrayan Rebels Attack Ethiopia’s capital?
This week, as Ethiopia’s civil war enters its second year, Tigrayan rebels captured the strategically placed cities of Dessie and Kombolcha, only hours away from the country’s capital Addis Ababa. Pri...
5 Marras 202137min
The Military’s Dangerous Power Grab in Sudan
On 25 October, Sudan’s military leaders ousted the country’s civilian government, detaining Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and several of his ministers. The coup took place two and a half years after a...
29 Loka 202138min
U.S.-China Tensions and Beijing’s Show of Strength in the Taiwan Strait
In recent weeks, record numbers of Chinese fighter jets have entered Taiwan’s Air Defence Identification Zone in what appears to be a deliberate show of strength by Beijing. This comes at a time when ...
22 Loka 202135min
Cameroon's Forgotten Anglophone Conflict
For almost five years, Cameroon’s western provinces have been wracked by a deadly separatist insurgency. In 2016, Anglophone protesters took to the streets angry at the increasing use of French in cou...
15 Loka 202144min
